chambrer
\ʃɑ̃.bʁe\
The verdict
“chambrer” is uncommon French (frequency #56,479 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,479
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tenir enfermé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chambrer · chambrer · French
chambrer · rank #56,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,479
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cete
Nearest frequency peer: cete (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chambrer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ceps
ceps
43,526 corpus weight
- cesserait
cesserait
43,525 corpus weight
- cete
cete
43,524 corpus weight
- chambrer
chambrer
43,522 corpus weight
- Chartrand
Chartrand
43,520 corpus weight
- Chatou
Chatou
43,518 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chambrer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chambrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chambrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chambrer is uncommon French at frequency #56,479 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chambrer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chambrer, spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tenir enfermé.
- 2Tirer quelqu’un à l’écart ; l’entretenir en particulier.
- 3Creuser en forme de chambre.
- 4Mettre le vin à température de la pièce, le réchauffer légèrement.
- 5Se moquer (de quelqu’un).
- 6Mettre une cartouche dans la chambre d’une arme à feu, charger une arme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chambrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces wagons, d’un usage très commode, sont réunis l’un à l’autre par des passerelles, suivant le système américain. Au lieu d’être chambré dans un compartiment, le voyageur peut circuler sur toute la longueur du train.
Vous a-t-on pris vos chausses, que vous restez chambrés ?
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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